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Hello to All,
I know this is "off topic" but it is not spam, it is simply a reminder to
make the most of the days that are passing..........
In January of this year, a man that you do not know passed away. He was the
owner of the company where my son has worked for nearly 4 years. His name was
Mike. He was 54 years old. He wasn't a millionaire, he was never on
television or in a movie. He was humble and giving and honest. He had
strength and depth and he understood people.He was like many other folks in
this world, normal. He was often a friend as well as an employer. I have
always been happy that my son was employed by Mike and his family. They treat
every employee as if they are part of their large family. That is not just
words - they really are a "family business".
His wife sent the following letter to James - and I would like to share it
with you.
*****************************
Kahlil Gibran said in "The Prophet,", "And ever has it been that love knows
not its own depth until the hour of seperation."
"The pessimist resembles a man who observes with fear and sadness that
his wall calendar, from which he daily tears a sheet, grows thinner with each
passing day. On the other hand the person who attacks the problems of life
actively is like a man who removes each successive leaf from his calendar and
files it neatly and carefully away with its predecessors, after first having
jotted down a few diary notes on the back. He can relfect with pride and joy
on all the richness set down in these notes, on all the life he has already
lived to the fullest. What will it matter to him if he notices that he is
growing old? Has he any reason to envy a young person? For the possibilities
that a young person has, the future which is in store for him? "No thank
you," he will think.
Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality
of work done and love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. These
sufferings are even the things of which cannot inspire envy."
Mike often referred to this passage from "The Meaning of LIfe" by Victor
Frankel. He did a lot of reflecting with "pride and joy" on all the richness
of his life in his last days.
On behalf of Mike's entire family, I want to thank you for sharing in our
love for Mike with all of your kind thoughts, words and deed. May the
inspiration of Mike's love of life be with you always.
CR.
**********************
I don't know about you, but this reminds me to look for more flowers, to
enjoy a summer shower, and to be thankful for every passing day.
I wish for you all, Peace.
Dianne
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Surnames: chunn
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Recently changed my email but wanted to make sure I updated it here ... looking forward to corresponding with anyone researching this family
Thanks - stacie
staciesstuff(a)bellsouth.net
Ok ya'll some interesting information has come to light and the time has come to share with the populace and get some feedback. A few people have been noodling this information over for a little while and are now ready to share and see what else others might have, etc.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE share your thoughts, comments, etc on this. It appears that this may be one of the missing links that tie some things together. And as we always know, the more we research, the more information comes to light. New stuff is being dug up even now from the libraries and archives in Maryland.
Another side interest is that Silvester Chunn was at Valley Forge. Some copies of his Muster Roll are dated April 1778 thru May 2 1778 and he was enlisted for 3 years. Another Muster Roll is dated May 1778 thru June 1778 & enlistment for 3yrs. He was under Capt. Thomas Thweatt's Company, 14th Virginia Reg't, commanded by William Davies.
The source for the 2 depositions is Charles Co.,Md. Court and Land Records, Liber K No. 3, p. 474.
The depositions of Abel Wakefield and Ann Vinson were taken at a Charles Co., Md. land commission for "Wicomico Fields" (1762) The land commission was requested by Joseph Chunn and Notley Dutton who were in possession of the land "in right of the children of John Chunn deceased." Although it says "children" (plural) none of the children are named except for Silvester. It looks to me like in the very last line of Ann Vinson's deposition she is naming Silvester's father.
(The following is a translation of the Original Document.) (the original is VERY hard to read and took a long time translating!)
The Deposition of Abel Wakefield the 22 February 1762 Able Wakefield aged 28 years being first duly sworn deposeth he was at the house of Lydia Chunn the widow of John Chunn the night before she died and the parson was sent for to Christen her child and he and deponent asked the said Lydia Chunn what name she intended to giver her child and she said she would call it Silvester he then asked why she gave it that name and she answered him because none of her friends should have it to say that she had named her bastard child after them; further saith not.
The Depostion of Ann Vinson aged twenty two years being duly sworn declared that some time before Lydia Chunn died she heard her say that some of her husband friends had been talking about her being with child but that they need not give them selves any trouble about her & the child that she was then bigg with was none of John Chunns her husband but it was C__ Dennys & further saith not
The following is from the book "Early Families of Southern Maryland Vol. 8, by Elise Greenup Jourdan, page 63, regarding John Jr.s & Mary Vowles son John:
(It appears this is the John the book is speaking of, and all that is in this book referring to this John are the three references below, but nothing about Lydia)
* Reference key I &A: Abstracts of Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court, (12 volumes) and Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Courts of Maryland (17 volumes); Vernon I. Skinner, Jr.; Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD; 1990s
* John Chunn; inherited 1/3 of the Brotherwood from will of his father; he may have been the following John d. by 1757.
John Chunn, Catherine Chunn named nok of Thomas Morriss of St. Mary's 1744
* (I 29.418) - - (Note: "nok" means - "next of kin")
John Chunn; Charles Co.; (Pounds Silver 39.9.0); 5 Dec. 1757; Jul 1758; nok Richard Smith, Jane Smith; admn. William Brown * (I 65.480)
The Following is the source for Sylvester's birth date:
Charles Co., Maryland Court Records; Liber K#3, Page 90:
Nov 1760; Sylvester Chunn age 2 years April last is bound to James Smith, Sr. till he arrives at age 21.
The following is an opinion of the depositions.
If John Chunn died within the last 5 months of 1757, then he could technically have been the father of Sylvester, even if Lydia made some statements to the contrary. Probably a court would decide that if she was married to John when she became pregnant (that is, if he died within the last 5 months of 1757, after she became pregnant), it would be presumed that John was the father. Also, the affidavits are not direct statements from Lydia, but only "hear say" by Wakefield and Vinson, perhaps several years after the fact (affidavits were in 1762) if indeed Sylvester was born in 1758 and his mother Lydia died just after that. This date of Sylvester's birth (1758) would also fit better for the age he was when he served in the American Revolution and other pieces of documentation that seem to indicate that he was born several years prior to 1762.
(Following is one opinion of the results of the Court without additional information.)
The claim in 1762 of Joseph Chunn and Notley Dutton to title to the 100 acres of Charles County, Maryland, real estate known as "Wicomico Fields" (hereafter "the 100 acres") appears most likely to have been a direct legal attack on the title to the 100 acres which Sylvester Chunn would have received as an heir at law of John Chunn or of Lydia Chunn. This legal attack was in all likelihood based upon the following: "At English common law an illegitimate child was treated as nullius filius, and as such incapable of inheriting from either the putative father or the mother, and without heirs, excepting those of his own body. Except in Connecticut, where a bastard is recognized as the child of its mother, this harsh and inhumane doctrine was taken over into the common law of all American jurisdictions, and still obtains unless expressly changed by statute." 7 Corpus Juris 959 at Section 41.
Presumably, then, if such were the law of Maryland at the time and Joseph Chunn and Notley Dutton could have proven to the satisfaction of the court that Sylvester Chunn was the illegitimate child of Lydia Chunn and "Cap. Denings"???? and that they were the proper heirs at law of John Chunn or Lydia Chunn, then the interest in the real estate which otherwise would have passed to Sylvester Chunn as the heir at law of John Chunn or of Lydia Chunn would instead have been held by the court to have passed to them as the heirs at law of either John Chunn or Lydia Chunn.
If the scenario above described turns out to be consistent with the facts, then the sale of the 100 acres there after in 1783 by Sylvester Chunn could reasonably support the conclusion that:
(a) Joseph Chunn and Notley Dutton were unsuccessful in convincing the court that Sylvester Chunn was the illegitimate child of Lydia Chunn and Cap. Denings - that is, the court did not believe or found legally insufficient the affidavits by Abel Wakefield and Ann Vinson;
(b) The court held that Sylvester Chunn was the legitimate child of John Chunn and of Lydia Chunn;
(c) The court held that, as the legitimate child of John Chunn and of Lydia Chunn, Sylvester Chunn held title to the 100 acres as the heir at law of John Chunn or Lydia Chunn; and
(d) The lawsuit and applicable affidavits have become a controversial footnote to the genealogy applicable to Sylvester Chunn; but the outcome of the lawsuit was that Sylvester Chunn was adjudicated to be the lawful child of John Chunn and Lydia Chunn and the lawful heir at law of John Chunn or Lydia Chunn.
That is all the information dug up at the moment. Think about this, compare notes, noodle over and let me know your thoughts!
Christine Chunn